Suppan
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (“area, district”), via:
- Austrian German Suppan, an occupational surname for an administrator in a Slavic-speaking region.
- Germanized form of Župan and Zupan; from Lower Sorbian župan, Upper Sorbian župan, Serbo-Croatian župan, Slovene župan and Slovene zupan.
Compare Saupe, Schuppan, Supan.
Proper noun
[edit]Suppan (plural Suppans)
- A surname.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Suppan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- English lemmas
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